Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.